Episode 9 and we're taking a detour.

No Kingdom Hearts today. Instead I want to talk about the game I keep coming back to more than almost anything else — Dragon Age Inquisition. And why Veilguard, despite being a perfectly competent RPG, committed one of the most quietly devastating acts of character assassination in recent gaming history.

In this episode I go through the full cast of Inquisition — Cullen's lyrium addiction, Leliana in the alternate timeline, Josephine's impossible diplomatic dance, Iron Bull's back-pocket betrayal, Vivienne's grief behind the mask, Blackwall's long road to redemption, Sera's trauma dressed up as chaos, Varric's unrequited everything, Dorian's confrontation with his father, Cole's question of what he even is, and Solas — who deserved so much better than thirty minutes of screen time in Veilguard.